Kazakhstan

  • Apr 24, 2014
  • 6 min read

Tighter banking rules may damage Kazakhstan's economy

Today, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev discussed the outlook for Kazakhstan's banking...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 7, 2014
  • 7 min read

Kazakhstan's new premier will focus on ties with China

On April 2, President Nursultan Nazarbaev accepted the resignation of the government headed since...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 4, 2014
  • 2 min read

Kazakhstan's new premier will focus on economic reform

President Nursultan Nazarbayev today confirmed the appointment of Massimov as the new premier,...

Kazakhstan
  • Mar 27, 2014
  • 7 min read

CIS pension reforms may yield limited results

President Vladimir Putin last year signed into law a set of new bills introducing a comprehensive...

Kazakhstan
  • Mar 14, 2014
  • 11 min read

Prospects for the CIS in the second quarter

In Russia, the Ukrainian crisis has consolidated the population around President Vladimir Putin,...

CIS
  • Feb 12, 2014
  • 6 min read

Weaker Kazakhstani currency hurts banks and consumers

Yesterday, Kazakhstan's central bank announced a 20% devaluation of the national currency, the...

Kazakhstan
  • Jan 8, 2014
  • 6 min read

Astana's university aims to strengthen links with West

Nazarbayev University is now in its third year of operation. It has schools of social sciences,...

Kazakhstan
  • Dec 24, 2013
  • 2 min read

Eurasian Union will for some seem too Soviet

The final pieces are in place for an economic union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Putin...

CIS